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Bushido, The Soul of Japan is, along with the classic text Hagakure by Tsunetomo Yamamoto, a study of the way of the samurai. A best-seller in its day, it was read by many influential foreigners, among them President Theodore Roosevelt, President John F. Kennedy and Robert Baden-Powell. It may well have shaped Baden-Powell's ideas on the Boy Scout movement he founded. As Japan underwent deep transformations of its traditional lifestyle while forging into a modern nation, Nitobe engaged in an inquiry into the ethos of his nation, and the result of his meditations was this seminal work. A fine stylist in English, he wrote many books in that language, which earned him a place among the best known Japanese writers of his age. He found in Bushido, the Way of the Warrior, the sources of the virtues most admired by his people: rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness, sincerity, honor, loyalty and self-control. His approach to his task was eclectic and far-reaching. Nitobe Inazo was a Japanese agricultural economist, author, educator, diplomat, politician, and Christian during Meiji and Taisho period Japan.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Bushido, the Soul of Japan
• Author: Inazo Nitobe
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• EAN: 9781935785965
• ISBN: 9781935785965
• ID: 08883121
• Publisher: Bottom of the Hill Publishing
• Weight: 154 g
• Dimensions: 154 × 229 × 12 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. September 2010

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